(Alex Pantling/Getty Images/File) Scotland conceived rugby sevens in the 1880s yet it will not feature in the scaled-back 2026 Commonwealth Games hosted by Glasgow. Other sports dropped include ...

The tension was palpable as we waited to see if Glasgow would rescue the Commonwealth Games for 2026. After the Australian ...

The 2026 Commonwealth Games will be in Glasgow, Scotland, replacing the Australian state of Victoria, which in 2023 withdrew from hosting due to costs. There will be 10 sports at the 2026 Games, down ...

Scotland is one of only six countries to have competed in every Commonwealth Games since the first Empire Games in 1930. The others are Australia, Canada, England, New Zealand and Wales.

However, Jon Doig, chief executive of Commonwealth Games Scotland, said that simply would not happen. Both men were speaking to journalists at an event to mark the city formally being announced as ...

He adds: “Scotland had their most successful Commonwealth Games ever at Glasgow 2014 and one of the poster boys of the games was Ross Murdoch. Ross had a big part to play in that when he won ...

Commonwealth Games Scotland chairman Ian Reid said it was not easy to decide which sports to include. He told BBC Radio Scotland’s Good Morning Scotland programme: “I think everybody ...

The 2014 Commonwealth Games was the biggest EVER sporting event held in Scotland. Next time around, things might be a little different with a scaled-down event on the horizon. But while it might ...

Commonwealth Games Scotland Para sport will once again be fully integrated as a key priority for the Games, with six Para sports included on the programme. The four venues confirmed to host events ...

Diving, hockey and squash are among established sports to have been axed from the Commonwealth Games as Glasgow prepares to ...

GLASGOW, Scotland -- Scotland conceived rugby sevens in the 1880s yet it will not feature in the scaled-back 2026 Commonwealth Games hosted by Glasgow. Other sports that have also been dropped ...

The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) has officially confirmed Glasgow as the host city for the 2026 Commonwealth Games, the biggest sporting event to be held in the United Kingdom, which will ...